Rock > What is your opinion of the ending of apartide, being a South African?
Briefly, things are a lot better for middle-class blacks and a lot worse for working-class whites. There are still enormous problems eg lack of education, unemployment and poverty, AIDS, affirmative action against whites and crime possibly being the most important. Many whites have left and many blacks have come from all over Africa, so, today, SA is very African, less Western, and becoming increasingly so. Maybe that's why I spend most of my time on the internet! I get upset every day with what I see happening around but my kids, who all live and work here, are prepared to make a go of it. They say there's nowhere to run to so they may as well stay and try to be happy. Maybe they are right? Meanwhile, for those who have it, life here is still good. Standard of living for middle-class people is probably as good as anywhere.
Apartheid, nice while it lasted for some, was a recipe for sure disaster --- 4 million people can't keep 40 million in subjugation forever. |
